Whilst we were away in Yorkshire I took the opportunity of visiting some charity shops and came across this lovely cross stitch design which had been made into a small picture. The picture frame was very tatty and it was thrown into a box with lots of other 'oddments' probably soon to be finding its way to a landfill site. It seemed a shame that someone's lovely stitching wasn't being appreciated so I bought it for .99p, removed the cross stitch from the frame and carefully washed it before making it into a card.
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To make this card I used:
5" x 5" cream hammer card blank
Upcycled Cross stitch (design unknown) from charity shop
Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' die
Snippet of cream hammer card
I trimmed a piece of cream hammer card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and cut a stitched square aperture in the centre. The fabric was trimmed and mounted behind the aperture before being attached to the front of the card blank
Kath x
So pleased you saved this gorgeous cross stitch from landfill Kath,you created a beautiful card with it
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to upcycle this pretty piece of cross stitching Kath and it sits beautifully within your cream hammer card frame. x
ReplyDeleteThis was certainly worth saving Kath...lovely that you have made it into a card..
ReplyDeleteAnne
Beautiful card, Kath. This lovely stitched design deserved to be made into a special card. xx
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